The Great Declutter Part 3 - 2011

Chickweed

I spent yesterday afternoon in the garden with DH and got rid of lots of broken pots, bits of rubbish and a pair of garden shears that were too rusty to use.

I also 'found' a very large water pistol that I had hidden from DS a couple of years ago because he kept squirting water at his sister, the dogs and our windows (preferably when open). I don't usually throw things away without asking their owner first, but in this case, I am making an exception :cool:

castri09_2

this week i am going to declutter dd room i hope to paint and dec it as well and sort her blind hopeing to have a nice sorted house soon

Eltee12

MOrning All

Days 8-10

57-66. Unwisely bought clothing, never worn, to Charity
67-76. Books to work for selling
77-88. defunct items retirieved from on, around & under bedside table for chucking/recycling

The rest is from decluttering ottoman
89-94. lurking jeans pile finally put away in cupboard
95-97. 3 bags full of summer gubbins put in loft
98 & 99. 2 sets of winter bedding put away in cupboard
100. summer duvet FINALLY washed & put away!

Added bonus - have made £80 so far from selling books!


Am going to try the 50 things over the weekend this week, as suggested by mineallmines.

Mumof2_2

Well done everyone!

Done a bit more decluttering whilst pottering around downstairs:

17. 1 broken pen
18. yet another bib!
19. Pingu plastic toy - old and a bit battered
20. old envelope with glitter inside?
21. old picture
22. dried up paints
23. 2 old brochures
24. old school leaflet
25. 2 old National Trust magazines
26. old vouchers
27. glass jar
28. leaky pen
29. paper clip dispenser
30. 3 x plastic bottles to recycling
31. 1 x lid
32. 1 bottle liquid charcoal (from dog ate chocolate)
33. 1 syringe (for use with above!)
34. Old instruction leaflets x 2
35. Residents handbooks x 2
36. broken part of pencil sharpener
37. 9 old yogurt pots!
38. 2 v old peppers from fridge!
39. old sweetcorn from fridge
40. old carrots from fridge
41. old marg from fridge
42. old safety pin covered in rust and very unuseable!!

Will try to do more later but feeling a bit rough as is DS so may just collapse on the sofa with him when Flylady jobs are done!

Yorkielass

So this weekend wasn't too bad - although there are a few ins to declare:

In:

• Few bits of post - all recycled/shredded
• Food shopping - won't stay for long
• 4 ducks from Cancer Research shop, really random purchases but I have a thing for 'rubber' ducks and these were reduced so I bought all 4, packaging in recycling and ducks in bathroom!
• OH's 2 magazines and new camera lens
• My new prescription sunglasses - in glove box already as for use when driving
• Jamie Oliver cook book, an early one, spotted in charity shop window - only £5 looks new and one we're missing in this edition - put on recipe book shelves!

Out:

• 2 Christmas cheques paid into account
• recycling as above
• more receipts shredded (not really out but now in bags of shredding in garage not on my desk!)
• 20 items to charity shop (added 3 scarves, 3 more items of clothing and some wind up knomes OH got in his Christmas stocking to my existing bag - BHF turn this time)
• 2 empty biscuit/cake tins into recycling found in back of kitchen cupboard, which made space for bread bin from dining floor, where it's been since we needed worktop space
• Various bits of food and drink to work, bits to use up, found some slightly out of date apple juice left over from a Brownie party that got squireled away and forgotten so I've bought that in for starters!
• Leftover roses we won't eat because they're nutty, some toffees and some other nutty sweets, bought into work and will leave in common room - sure some of the postgrads will help declutter them.
• Pile of CDs into work - will find someone with CD recycling sack and pop them in there.
• 4 bits of computer stuff OH has bought home from work going back :eek: - real victory there!

In car boot to be got rid of tonight:

• Box of batteries to take to Sainsburys for recycilng
• Two small bags of plastic bags to take to Sainsburys for recycling
• Sack full of clothes not good enough for charity shop to take to clothes bank for recycling

So had a fairly productive weekend - things like the batteries, cds and most the clothes have been sitting in the garage for a while so decluttering out there too which is good.

Also 10 items on ebay - all only small so not going to make a huge difference to decluttering but it's a start to regular ebaying.

Regarding shredding if you have a compost bin you can put it in there, and we used ours in our raised beds to help fill them when they were new - saving the bags now so that if we move we've got things to start the garden with.

So despite a few purchases most certainly in the correct direction this weekend and I think OH is getting the message too!

TheDoolallyDilly

I've sold two things on Amazon - hurrah! - they are all packaged up ready to go to the PO - waiting for my car to come back from it's service/MOT at the moment, then I'll go.

Two pairs of old socks - bin

topbargainhunter

bella121984 wrote: »

Im going to make a start on the paperwork under the bed...does anyone know how long we need to keep bank statements/ utility bills etc for??

Companies have to keep all financial records for 6 years. For individuals it's your own personal preference, but I'd advise keeping your P60's for 6 years.

Mumof2_2

Just decluttered some more things:

43. Egg cosy
44. Cardboard tube x 2 in for recycling
45. Badge
46. Glass jar into recycling
47. Wine bottle into recycling
48. Very old French dressing - well out of date
49. 2009 diary
50. Pepper grinder - never used

Half way there now - so stopping decluttering for today :T

shopaholic232

Im in the mood for getting some clutter out today will update later on what i get done

bella121984

Another 3 bags and a box gone to the charity shop...I can sit on my sofa again now :-)

I do wonder how on earth I had space to keep any of the stuff im getting rid of!!